Click this link to read the Newsela article. | Click this link to tour the Belmont-Sewall House with Assistant Director Jennifer Krafchik, the director of collections. The museum (mentioned in the article) displays artifacts associated with Alice Paul, the Women’s Suffrage Movement, and the the protests that helped lead to the 19th Amendment. Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, is located between Virginia and Maryland along the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. See more about the location and shape of the district here. Founded on July 16, 1790, Washington DC is 10 miles square and was built on land donated by Maryland and Virginia. Originally the city was laid out in a diamond shape with streets arranged in a grid pattern. Watch this short video which explains how Washington D.C. was created and how its shape changed when the land on the west side of the Potomac River was returned to Virginia in a process known as "retrocession". Show your use and understanding of these vocabulary words in your writing piece. key words: amend, protesters, suffrage, mosaic idioms “tooth and nail” “go quietly into the night” Write your three paragraph response. Provide Text Evidence: Use at least two details (facts, and or quotes) from the article to support your response.
Map Standard Locate and Label: WASHINGTON D.C. VIRGINIA, MARYLAND (shade the Retrocession of 1846) Shade in blue pencil and label the: Potomac River, Anacostia River Shade a rectangular area to indicate the National Mall. Label the Lincoln Memorial on the West end and the US Capitol on the East end. map |